Blazing Heritage

A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks

Hal K. Rothman

How America has, and hasn't, sought to control its wildfires - and why

Blazing Heritage

A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks

Hal K. Rothman

Description

National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and powerful meaning to the public, the national parks were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. Blazing Heritage tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management.